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support the site and get access to a few extra features and
functions...
Elfwood frequently. You will also get access to a premium set of
additional features, for example, if you take pride in your
personalized icon you will love the fact that you can make an animated
version if you are a Patron. Last, but not least, you wish to help
Elfwood to grow and develop and continue to be the fantastic place it
is today.
logo icon next to their name in their gallery, profile, comments
etcetera. They also have the opportunity to design their own animated
smiley that is used widely throughout the Woods. At most places in
Elfwood, their name will also be decorated by glitterdust.
despair. After one year, you can renew your Patron membership to
continue to support Elfwood. And by then we might have new features in
store for our Patrons.
you make it possible to keep Elfwood alive and to develop our
community. But we have also prepared a number of extra features for
our Patrons.
amount higher than the price for Patron and we promise to make the
most out of every penny we receive.
- We might alsoextend your patron period for some additional time!
the process. This means that you will see your Patron status at
Elfwood after just some hours. If it takes more than a day, maybe
some error occured. (We have implemented a way to speed up the web
site, normally known as 'caches', that reduce the database load. The
caches for Patrons are updated every 12th hour, so it means that in
the worst case - this process takes 12 hours)
before you donate.
that your time as a Patron at Elfwood has expired.
well known eBay group, our opinion is that Paypal is very, very
trustworthy.
please see their options.
recipent. If all fails, contact us.
registered as a Swedish company and we also started with advertising
and other commercial activities on the site in late 2007. So per
definition, we guess we are no longer non-profit. These changes were
made for the good of Elfwood and to ensure a bright future and to
cover our hosting costs. There are no employees in Elfwood (Unless you
count Thomas, but he isn't working day time at Elfwood anyway) and the
money earned on advertising, etc is used to pay for servers, hosting
etcetera. They also cover the cost when we need help from external
developers to build new things at Elfwood or maintain what we have. So
far, all money earned, and then some more, has been re-invested in
Elfwood. So even if we no longer are non-profit, our interest is still
to work for the good of the fantasy and sci-fi community.
sweden is an incorporated company) They will be used for covering cost
for hosting, maintenance and further development. But we also hope
that we will earn enough money to arrange competitions and activities
like Elfwood User Meetings and maybe have Elfwood present at
conventions. They money is handled and formally controlled by a
registered company (Elfwood AB - i.e. real accountants, CEO, etc) and
doesn't end up in the pockets of any slacker :-)
you draw or write, submitting your material at Elfwood is a great
support (And also free of charge). Inviting your friends and family to
enjoy our community is also a great support. You may also help us by
helping us moderate our content , all moderators automatically get
(free of charge) Patron status and can benefit from all features
associated with it as long as they are Moderators.
the Patron status for free. When they leave their moderator
assignment, they will have a 90 days extra of Patron status,
but then its automatically removed.
own, additional user accounts for personal use only, only as long as
they are moderators. After maximum 90 days after resigning as a
moderator, all Patron status for any user account associated with the
former moderators must be remove; and downgraded to a 'donor' status
or less.
50) and up to 300 favorites (normally just 150) can be tagged.
asks. But there are other ways! Throughout the year, we will run
different competitions where the prize list includes Patron
membership. And our hardworking moderators get Patron status as
well. Why don't you sign up to become a moderator and help Elfwood that
way?
'donor' status. We still keep the option open, though, to give away
patron status to old donors - but no promises :) ... Anyway, send
us an email and we will make sure you are correctly marked as a donor.
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